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LUST, CAUTION Ang Lee, whose Toronto favorite Brokeback Mountain lost the big Oscar to Crash, has a Chinese drama set in wartime Shanghai starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Hero) and new face Tang Wei. The movie must be steamy; the U.S. ratings board slapped a proscriptive...
...Pass to jump the lines at Six Flags New England, and similar systems are in use in most major American theme parks, from Universal Orlando to Walt Disney World, where the haves get to watch the have-mores breeze past on their way to their seats, as if Space Mountain were Spago...
...still jarring to think that U.S. soldiers may be stealing from the pot. But in recent days, an Army major--and his wife and sister--was indicted on charges of pocketing $9.6 million in bribes in exchange for contracts in Iraq. An Army captain with the 10th Mountain Division was charged after allegedly soliciting a $50,000 bribe. There are now 73 investigations into $5 billion in contracts that may have been tainted by--in addition to bribes and kickbacks--rigged bids, product substitution or double billing. The latest wrinkle is the apparent disappearance of 190,000 weapons...
...list of injustices Spanish farmers face - falling subsidies, erratic weather, irksome E.U. regulations - add the humble mountain vole. Few worried when the furry rodents first appeared on the plains of Castilla-León last fall. But by summer, a curious nuisance had become a devastating plague. These days, an estimated 750 million voles are marauding their way through central Spain's alfalfa, beets, potatoes and even vineyards. According to figures released by the regional government at the start of August, they have ravaged some 260,000 hectares (more than 1,000 sq. mi.) and caused at least 30 million...
...what is considered a "romantic movie" before declaring the genre a lost art [Aug. 20]. In 2005 an acclaimed and beloved film was released detailing a heartbreaking love story. It earned $170 million worldwide, was nominated for eight Oscars and won three. That film was Brokeback Mountain. I was surprised that neither it nor The Notebook rated a mention, as those films are the two highest-grossing romantic dramas of the past several years...